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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses the influence of the Industrial and French Revolutions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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that had been achieved before that time had literally "skidded from the enlightened universalism of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen" (Bernstein, 1994). It was, perhaps,
the first significant opportunity the French had to sever the chains of imprisonment, yet it was that fateful moment when all "shifted from enlightened humanism" (Fischel, 1994) and the committee
began taking control that French historians say was the massive change from constitutionalism to dictatorship. What was also lost was the inspiration of eighteenth century rationalism and great thinkers
of the Enlightenment, which ultimately lead to a "dramatic foreshadowing of twentieth-century totalitarianism" (Fischel, 1994). From a constitutional reform movement initiated by a
select group of aristocrats (the Assembly of Notables) in 1787, Hobsbawm (1996) demonstrates how the French Revolution quickly developed into an unstoppable torrent which culminated with the establishment of a
Republic in September 1792 and the execution of the king and queen in 1793. How does one account for this phenomenon? Indeed, there were a number of variables
that helped to motivate what has come to be know as the Reign of Terror: the influence of the enlightenment, the role of class conflict and the role of counter
revolutionary forces. Georges Jacques Danton had great significance in the French Revolutions Committee of Public Safety; his outstanding leadership afforded him the opportunity
to lead his followers and influence opponents. Closely linked with this era was the Reign of Terror, which served to arbitrarily execute those who were considered to be the
opponent. Hobsbawm (1996) notes how the discretionary manner by which these executions were carried out reflected the main bone of contention during the entire period. With Dantons Committee
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